Front End Developer proficient in JavaScript Frameworks 
Location: GB, RIC, Teddington
Department: IT
Salary range: 30000-37500
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Associate
Required education: Unspecified
Industry: Online Media
Function: Information Technology

Company profile:
VouchedFor is a highly disruptive start up in the Financial Advice market. Created in 2011, we are an innovative start-up backed by investors whose previous successes include Zoopla, eBay, Lovefilm and Betfair. We connect consumers with Independent Financial Advisers and Mortgage Advisors that they can trust, based on customer reviews. We have exciting plans to do a whole lot more, makinggreat financial advice accessible and engaging to all.VouchedFor is the only UK digital platform that lets you find, rate and review Independent Advisors.We have successfully carved a place for ourselves in a commercial sector with revenues over £4.4 billion, and with nearly 2000 financial advisers now signed up, VouchedFor has created adviser capacity in excess of even the largest financial firms (e.g., St James Place, Barclays Wealth, Hargreaves Lansdown). The product and marketing opportunities this presents are endless, spanning investments, pensions, mortgages, annuities and more. This role is literally an opportunity to change the way the UK public goes about managing its wealth.

Job description:
You’re an up to date front-end developer with plenty of great recent experience of modern javascript frameworks. Responsive design will be second nature to you and you’ll be able to contribute usefully to UX and UI discussions to ensure we deliver the best possible experience across all devices. You’ll have an active view on where front-end technology is heading and be keen to stay current. You’ll be paranoid about load times and know all the best techniques to minimize them. You’ll have an eye for detail but be keen to understand the bigger picture around the projects you’ll be working on. You’ll be the first dedicated front-end developer here as part of a young and energetic team and will initially working on a green field project with a lot of input into the tools, technology and user experience.Direct Applications only please (applications from recruiters and agencies will not be acknowledged) 

Requirements:
Essential Skills:● Significant hands on application of modern web development techniques (HTML5, CSS3 andJS)● Translating designs into minimal, semantic HTML and elegant and robust CSS● AngularJS and JQuery (or comparable) and an ability to pick up new skills and tools quickly)● Single page app development● Development and use of JSON and Restful APIs● Cross Browser development and testing (back to IE8)● Integrating Google AnalyticsNice to have Skills and Experience:● PHP and experience of Symfony2 or similar frameworks an advantage● Apache or nginx configuration, caching tools and CDNs● Integration with Common 3rd party APIs (LinkedIn, Google Maps etc)● Experience of writing HTML5 ads for DFP and similar● Agile development● Applying accessibility best practices to Javascript pages● Understanding and providing solutions to deep linking and SEO implications of JSFrameworks. (prerenderer or similar) and SEO best practices● Cross Domain Requests● Javascript unit testing / Jenkins● Markup using #URL_573ff6d58c67922e8661a5c944afd4c81ae61b6c87b65fd42719#PHONE_de669537de0450da496633e6e5cfe0be1a6681ccd09950ca657ee817a92f6f68##● Build and Deployment tools Git, Puppet, Vagrant, Capistrano, Ant● CSS frameworks (Twitter Bootstrap, Less CSS)● Configure A/B tests. Landing Page optimisation

Benefits:
VouchedFor is a growing! With a young team, a great company culture, regular social events and the opportunity to contribute accross the whole business. We're keen that our engineers not only work with the best of breed tools and technologies but are instrumental in deciding what those tools should be.We're based in a modern Open Plan Office in SW London with Coffee Tea and Biscuits on tap.